HealthKit in iOS 27: Workout Zones, New Types
iOS 27 makes workout heart-rate zones first-class HealthKit data via HKWorkoutZoneConfiguration and HKWorkoutZoneGroup, plus new menopausalState types.
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iOS 27 makes workout heart-rate zones first-class HealthKit data via HKWorkoutZoneConfiguration and HKWorkoutZoneGroup, plus new menopausalState types.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 reworks SwiftUI lists, documents, toolbars, and errors: drag-to-reorder, a readable/writable document model, toolbar overflow, item-based alerts.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 threads the on-device model through the system: SpotlightSearchTool makes Core Spotlight LLM-grounded, and AVFoundation generates subtitles on device.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 gives App Intents background execution past 30 seconds via LongRunningIntent, cross-device identity with SyncableEntity, and Spotlight reindexing.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 adds a server-scale Foundation Model on Private Cloud Compute with on-device privacy, plus a protocol to plug in your own LLM provider.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 adds GenerationOptions.ToolCallingMode to steer how the on-device model uses tools, plus built-in Vision tools: OCRTool and BarcodeReaderTool.
AI & TechnologyXcode 27 builds coding agents into the IDE: plan-mode feature work, UI prototyping via previews, agent-driven localization, and Xcode Cloud automation.
AI & TechnologyWWDC26 matured Apple's spatial pipeline: RealityKit lighting and cloth, plus a standalone Reality Composer Pro 3 with live preview and Xcode plug-ins.
AI & TechnologyApple's Evaluations framework (iOS 27, all platforms) measures AI feature quality in Swift: Evaluator, ScoreDimension, Metric, ToolCallEvaluator, and a Swift Testing trait.
AI & TechnologyAI agents have two untrusted inputs: code the model writes and tool output it reads. One now has a real WASM sandbox; the other, MCP tool poisoning, does not.
AI & TechnologyApple's Translation framework: free on-device translation via translationPresentation and TranslationSession, plus the offline-download edges demos skip.
AI & TechnologyiOS 26 widgets, Control Center controls, and Live Activities are all App Intents surfaces. One intent powers buttons, controls, and Live Activity actions.
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